(522) Robinson,A (1300) - Farrell,K (1307) [C35]
Gosford Autumn 1999 Gosford (5), 18.05.1999
[Keith Farrell]



1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1 d5 8.Bxd5 Bh3 9.Bxf7+ Kf8
[ 9...Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.Nxh3 Nf6 12.d3 ]

10.Bxg8 Bxf1 11.Qxf1 Kxg8 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.Qc4+ Kf8 14.d4 Bg3 15.Nc3 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nc6
[ 16...Qxe5 17.Bf4 Qf6 ( 17...Qxf4 18.Rf1 Qxf1+ 19.Qxf1+ ) ]

17.Bf4
[ 17.Be3 ]

17...Nxe5
This switches the advantage to white for the first time, although up till now black's lead was slender [ 17...Qb4 18.Qxb4+ Nxb4 19.Nd5 ]

18.Bxe5 Qxe5?? 19.Rf1+ Ke7 20.Nd5+
? [ 20.Qf7+ Kd6 21.Rd1+ Kc6 22.Qd7+ Kb6 23.Nd5+ ]

20...Kd8 21.Rf5 Qg3 22.Rf1 h5
not a strong choice, I wanted to get the h-rook into the action (about time I developed ONE of the rooks, and a rather forlorn hope of getting the pawn to h3 & mate on g2 [ 22...c6 23.Nc3 Kc8 24.Qe6+ Kb8 25.Ne2 ]

23.Qd4 Qd6 24.Qxg7 Re8 25.Rf7 c6 26.Qg5+ Kc8 27.Ne7+ Kb8 28.e5 Qd1+ 29.Kxh2 Qe2+
I completely missed Qxc2

30.Kh3 Qg4+ 31.Qxg4 hxg4+ 32.Kxg4 a6 33.Kf5 Ka7 34.e6 Kb6 35.Ng6 Rab8 36.e7 Kc7 37.Ke6 b5 38.Rf8 Rxf8 39.exf8Q
[ 39.Nxf8 ]

39...Rxf8 40.Nxf8 Kb6 41.Nd7+ 1-0